Junior Year of High School
“What are you guys going as?” Cora asked when we placed our lunch trays on the table and sat down.
I eyed Adam, who was in deep conversation with Toby about the homecoming game. He didn’t much care about the dance, but more about beating our rivals, Lake Starlight High School.
“I was searching all the Broadway shows last night.” Cora cracked open her pop and took a sip.
“And what did you decide?”
She shrugged. “I’d like to do Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, but an expulsion isn’t going to help me get out of this town.”
Cora had wanted to get the hell out of Sunrise Bay and Alaska for as long as I’d known her. Her grades were good, plus she was the student body president and played on the girls’ soccer team. It was bound to happen for her. But her future sa
